COUNTY POSITIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 144, 21 June 1933, Page 9

COUNTY POSITIONS

SOME SURPRISE RESULTS (By "Not Out.") Somo surprising results have been recorded in the last two series of matches in the, cotfnty cricket championship, and these have caused some changes of position on the table. York-, shiro, however, are not in the least disturbed; in fact, their commanding lead has been increased. Surrey have made a strong forward move in gaining twenty points out of a possible;of thirty, and Notts have done better still in getting the maximum point 3 for' two matches. Hobbs, with a big score in each match, has had not a little to do with Surrey ,'s advance. Haying beatea Sussex outright, Essex have shown a surprising reversal of. form in failing badly in both innings against Surrey. After their rout by Yorkshire, Northants have made,a recovery in gaining-an outright win over Somerset, but Lancashire's average has been kept down through inability to gain more than first innings wins. Notts, who have not been faring well, have struck winning form, arid an eight-wicket win over Hampshire baa been followed up by an even more decisive victory over Derby1-, shire. . Hampshire, too, have sprung a surprise in severely beating Middlesex in their latest match. The two bottom teams, Worcestershire and Leicestershire, baye had a couple of interesting contests, jn which Worcestershire have succeeded in adding twenty points to their championship tally, With the result that they havo moved up ahead of Glamorgan. The championship position is now as follows:— ■

■. The county championship matches, commencing today are:—Middlesex v. Worcestershire, Esses v. Kent, Derbyshire v. Gloucestershire, Yorkshire v. Warwickshire, Hampshire' y. Somerset, I and Glamorgan v. Lancashire. Surrey and Susses are engaged with the Universities. . ■ . ■ . .

Matches Cli. Pcrplaycd. ins. cc-ntage. Torishire 11 353 93.93 (Sussex 11! 10S 60.00 Essex 11 So -67.57 Middlesex 8 (35 B4.1S Derbyshire 10 81 54.00 Lancashire! 0 GS 50.37 Surrey 9 fiS 46.B0 Warwickshire .. 11 <G 46.08 Nottinghamshire ...:. 10 fiS 45.33 Northamptonshire .... 8 53 44.16 Kent 11 <S7 40.B0 Gloucestershire 11 50 30.S0 Somerset S T, 27.30 , Hampshire 10 41 27.33 Worcestershire 12 32 17.77 / Glamorgan 10 -i H.CB Leicestershire 9 9 6.00 '